Talk:Transhumance

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The 'laws of migration' section doesn't make sense. It states that these 'laws' came into being in a certain period, but doesn't say what migrant group they apply to or how they were formulated. If this is a more general academic list of typical features of human migration, that should be spelled out with more detail like who developed the list and under what situations do the laws apply or not apply.

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[edit] Laws of Migration Discussion

Agree that it doesn't belong here. I'll delete it from teh article and see if anyone objects. Then we can hold a discussion here to see if we've somehow misinterpreted.
I've parked the deleted text below. This weekend I'll try to figure out where is should go – the material is certainly good enough to go somewhere.
Williamborg 22:09, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Relocated the material into the article on human migration where it appears to be a much better fit. Discussion? Williamborg 14:16, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Laws of Migration has been transferred to the article on human migration

Certain laws of social science have been proposed to describe human migration. The following was a standard list after Ravenstein's proposals during the time frame of 1834 to 1913. The laws are as follows:

  • Most migrants only go a short distance at one time.
  • Long distance migrations are for those who come from large cities.
  • Most migration is from rural areas to urban areas.
  • Most international migrants consist of young males between the ages of 20 and 45.
  • Most migrations proceed in step-by-step processes.
  • Each migration flow produces at least one counterflow.
  • Females remain more migratory than the males within their country.
  • Migration increases in volume as industries develop and transportation improves.
  • Major causes of migration are for economic reasons.

[edit] Editing

A little copy editing might be useful as well.

Editing done. Looking forward to reading improvements by others! Williamborg 18:39, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Transhumance in the alps

This is still very much practiced especially in Austria and Switzerland. Not in St. Moritz or Interlaken, sure, but it still is a sizable contribution to the agriculture. I added some figures (from German Wikipedia) , the references are, though, only available in German--Irmgard 19:47, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] invisible picture?

why can't i see the picture? Benwing 04:25, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

There was some sort of weird breakage that meant that Firefox wouldn't display the image. I fixed it by downloading the file, opening it in GIMP, re-saving it, and uploading it to Wikimedia Commons (as Image:Seter.jpg). –EdC 15:30, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nice article

I just read this page for the first time and was pleasantly surprised. It seems well done. I have half-expecting a page on transhumance -- not the most well known of words and concepts -- to be either stubby or veering toward the kind of train wreck that wikipedia articles so often become. But it is neither! Relatively short and readable, but containing lots of information, and with a global POV as well. I just wanted to say -- well done. That is all. Pfly 02:02, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nomadic Transhumance v. Pastoral Nomadism

So is "nomadic transhumance" the same thing as nomadic pastoralism? If not, then what is the difference? -- Slacker (talk) 12:06, 30 March 2008 (UTC)